RubberHose 2 - Installation

What is this script thing?

Scripts are little tools that come in all shapes and sizes and get placed inside the After Effects application. Don't double-click it. It won't do anything cool. The installation process can vary slightly between scripts, but a dockable script like RubberHose is placed is in the ScriptUI Panels folder:

Allowing Scripts to Write Files?

I'm sure it's for some kind of security concern, but it's an annoying setting that comes disabled by default. If you haven't enabled this weird setting before you'll get an error the first time you run RubberHose.

Open the General After Effects preferences. Midway down you'll see one that needs a checkmark:

Allow Scripts to Write Files and Access Network

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